Lousy pay chases off Idaho grads

The Legislature’s Economic Outlook & Revenue Assessment Committee heard a rather startling statistic this afternoon from state Department of Labor Director Ken Edmunds: Idaho is losing half of its college graduates within four years of their graduation. “We’re only retaining 50 percent of our college graduates after four years – that’s a problem,” Edmunds told the lawmakers. When Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, asked Edmunds, “What’s the solution?” he said all he could offer is his opinion. “We’ve been avoiding this issue for a long time, because our employers don’t like to hear it,” Edmunds said. We don’t pay well”/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here.

Question: Am I the only one with children who left this state and never looked back because wages here are in the tank?